Michael Collier
Michael Collier is an American photographer. His work is often aerial photography of landscapes. He was featured in a recent NPR show and photo montage narrated by Howard Berkes called Sky Vision.
Michael Collier
- Born
- 1950
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Michael Collier is an American photographer. His work is often aerial photography of landscapes. He was featured in a recent NPR show and photo montage narrated by Howard Berkes called Sky Vision.
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Michael Collier was a photographer; nationality: United States. Michael Collier was born in 1950. The language is English.
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Collier's photographs in the book The Mountains Know Arizona won the National Outdoor Book Award in 2004 for Design and Artistic Merit.
Michael Collier received his education from the following institutions: • Northern Arizona University-BS in geology • Stanford- MS in structural geology • University of Arizona-MD
Biography
Biography
Michael Collier used to have the job of rowing boats in the Grand Canyon. Collier currently practices medicine in Flagstaff, Arizona for his career. He also is a professor at the NAU School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability.
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Works
Michael Collier has created several books on the following: • Colorado River basin • Glaciers of Alaska • Climate change in Alaska • A three-book series on American mountains, rivers, and coastlines As a special projects writer, Collier also was able to write and photograph books about the following: • San Andreas Fault • Downstream effects of dams • Climate change Collier has also created an app compatible for iPads that allow the user to view and learn about landscapes viewed from the air. He has also been a provider for a collection of stock photos.
Awards
Michael Collier has received the awards that include: • 1997-Shoemaker Communication Award • 2000-National Park Service Director's Award • 2005-American Geological Institute's Public Contribution to Geosciences Award • 2007, 2008, 2009-Outstanding Science Trade Book award • 2012-National Outdoor Book Award (Nature & Environment category)
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